Everyone in the meeting room, including Sonia, exclaimed in surprise. Of course, Sonia's exclamation was completely different from the other high-ranking apostles. The other high-ranking apostles were surprised and nervous after learning about the reason behind the troop. Sonia, on the other hand, knew about it long ago and just didn't expect to be discovered.
"What's the situation?" one of the high-ranking apostles asked the soldier who reported the news.
"According to the intelligence, they discovered a troop sneaking around Sydy Murin City and advancing toward the east. Due to the large number of enemies, the city lord of Sydy Murin City didn't choose to take the initiative to attack. He asked the church what they should do," the soldier replied quickly.
"Sydy Murin City? To the east? " Upon hearing the soldier's report, the high-ranking apostles were taken aback. Even though Sydy Murin City was to the east of Hildears City, it was still quite a distance away. Besides, why was the troop heading toward the east …
"Oh no, they're preparing to converge with their main force," one of the high-ranking apostles yelled. That's right, if this Sydy Murin City headed east, their final destination would be the besieged Willings City. Based on what was said before, all the high-ranking apostles thought that the troops besieged Willings City were the main force of the invaders. Now, they realized why the invaders were heading east. Of course, it was because the situation in Willings City had taken a long time to break through, so the troops from the east were preparing to head east to support the main force of Willings City. Wouldn't a pincer attack from both sides be able to annihilate the church's first and second troops that were besieging Willings City? When that happened, the troops in the southeast would converge with the main force in the east and march toward Hildears City together. Wouldn't they be in trouble then?
This was the first thought that came to everyone's mind, except for Sonia. Of course, she knew what was going on. She also knew that the troops in the east weren't Li Huailin's troops at all, so Li Huailin wouldn't care about their lives. However, she immediately understood what Li Huailin meant. She had already given Li Huailin all the maps of the church's outposts, so how could the enemy troops be discovered so easily? Besides, they were clearly aware of the troop's movements. It was apparent that this was intentional.
Therefore, Li Huailin's goal was to let the high-ranking apostles receive the wrong information. Sonia didn't know what Li Huailin's plan was, but compared to her forcefully transferring troops, this opportunity was much more reasonable.
After all, Sonia had been a Church Master for several years, so she wasn't that stupid. She pondered for a moment and stood up immediately. "It seems like the enemy troops are preparing to converge with the main force in the east. If the first and second legions are caught in a pincer attack, they may be completely wiped out. It seems like we have to send reinforcements to support the first and second legions."
As for who the reinforcements were, wasn't it obvious? Of course, it was the third legion that was still in the city. Apart from them, there weren't any other reinforcements. But at the mention of the third legion, the expressions of all the high-ranking apostles changed again. Yes, the third legion was the only legion that was still defending the city. Even though the church had other guards, they weren't sufficient in number and couldn't shoulder the responsibility of defending the entire holy city. If the third legion were to leave, the entire Hildears City would be a vacuum, which was too dangerous. This was also the reason why they didn't send the third legion out until now.
But frankly speaking, what Sonia said made sense. The first and second corps were indeed facing the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. If the first and second corps were to be annihilated, what should they do when the enemy's main force converged and marched from the Willings City in the east?
"Let's withdraw the first and second legions," one of the high-ranking apostles said after some thought.
"Impossible. The first and second legions can't retreat anymore." Before Sonia spoke, another high-ranking apostle replied, "This is obviously a conscious plan of the enemy. They are targeting the first and second legions. So if the first and second legions retreat now, the troops in the city will definitely chase after them and try their best to stall for time. When their reinforcements arrive, both sides will be able to encircle and annihilate our troops."
"Sytos! It's all your fault! " Another high-ranking apostle stood up and shouted. "I said earlier that since we can't take down the city, we should let the first and second legions return first. You were the one who bewitched the Church Master and said that the first and second legions can't return. Great, now the enemy has their eyes on them. You have to take full responsibility!"
"Alright, stop quarreling!" Sonia knew that it was about time for the high-ranking apostles to quarrel among themselves. She would stand up at this moment to smooth things over. Of course, this time, she had already decided which side to support. "Enough. Now isn't the time to talk about whose responsibility it is. Sytos is right. It's impossible for the first and second legions to retreat now. The enemy isn't a fool. Since they have already decided on a plan, they will definitely think of ways to stall for time. The only thing we can do now is to send reinforcements. Otherwise, when the first and second legions are wiped out, even if the third legion is still in the city, how are we going to defend against them? Am I right? "
Indeed, no one could refute Sonia's words. Based on the news from the past few days, the combat strength of the invaders in Willings City was indeed rather strong. The first and second legions were their trump cards, so of course they were aware of their combat strength. But after fighting for three days, they were evenly matched with the enemy and suffered heavy losses. That was why everyone felt that this was definitely the enemy's main force. If the enemy's main force annihilated the first and second legions and then attacked Hildears City, would the third legion be able to defend the city? Even if they could defend the city, there was another problem, and that was Nokves' cult army in the south. (In their opinion, Nokves was a cult. Both sides called each other cults).
Of course, Nokves' army was also heading north and marching toward Hildears City. But according to the latest battle reports, this army … was too weak. As more than 90% of the soldiers in this army were ordinary civilians who came to battle after changing their clothes, their combat strength was so low that it made one's hair stand on end. For example, according to yesterday's battle report, Nokves' army had a total of hundreds of thousands of soldiers besieging a city defended by only 800 soldiers. It took them an entire night to take down the city, and the casualties were five times that of the defending army. This kind of combat strength really made the enemy want to laugh.
But even though their combat strength was low, they had a lot of people, after all. The number of Nokves' believers was very shocking, and he could pull more than a hundred thousand of them into battle. It was true that the church didn't have many troops to deal with them, so they could only find some city guards to temporarily stop them and wait for the invaders to be dealt with. But if the invaders couldn't be dealt with and surrounded Hildears City, it would be a huge problem. When that happened, Hildears City would lose contact with the rest of the continent. What would happen to Nokves' army then? Just thinking about it was a terrifying thing.
After considering all aspects of the problem, all the high-level Apostles were leaning towards dispatching the third army. Yes, even though it seemed a little risky, the invading army had already appeared and the only hidden danger was the army in the east. Logically speaking, Hildears City should be relatively safe, right?
Once all the high-level Apostles made such a judgment, and with Sonia's support for dispatching the army, nothing unexpected happened. Shortly after, Stilem, the leader of the third army, received an order personally issued by Sonia to head to Willings City in the east to rescue the first and second army.
Stilem set off immediately upon receiving the order. Yes, he was already prepared. Due to the urgency of the war, he knew that he could set off at any time. Besides, he had just received information about the discovery of troops in the east. His judgment was the same as the High Parliament's, and they also hoped to head to the east to rescue. Therefore, he set off immediately upon receiving the order.
Of course, he knew that he had to hurry. The news of the discovery of troops in the east was more than an hour ago. Besides, the enemies were in Sadie Mullin City when they were discovered, so it was obviously faster to rush to Willings City. He had to hurry to the battlefield, or else he would be collecting the corpses of his comrades. That was why Stilem ordered the soldiers to speed up and rush to the battlefield at full speed.
In the church, Sonia, who saw that her suggestion was finally approved, was prepared to meet up with Li Huailin and ask if Li Huailin's plan was what she thought. Of course, she also felt that she should take credit for it. After all, she felt that she had guessed Li Huailin's plan correctly, so they should cooperate well. However, she couldn't find Li Huailin who had been here for the past few days.
"Strange, where did he go?" Sonia was puzzled.
Li Huailin, whom she was concerned about, was sitting on a hill in the suburbs. Beside him was the commander of the Undead Army, Soudeis.
"Why aren't they here yet …" Li Huailin said in boredom.
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